Map of Kirinyaga County in Shapefile format
A map built from OpenStreetMap data, ready to download
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About Shapefile
Map of Kirinyaga County in Shapefile: 27 904 buildings, 4 272 km of roads, 93 points of interest, 59% green areas — in the WGS 84 coordinate system, units are meters.
Which layers are in the file
This file for the selected area contains:
- Roads
- Buildings
- Water
- Greenery
- Points of interest
Geometry by layer
- Roads — lines (LineString) with OpenStreetMap tags
- Buildings — polygons (Polygon) with OpenStreetMap tags
- Water — waterbody polygons and watercourse lines with tags
- Greenery — green-zone polygons with tags
- Points of interest — points (Point) with names and tags
What the file carries
The Shapefile file for Kirinyaga County: the parts come as a set of files inside a ZIP archive, the file is binary — it is opened by a program, not by an editor, each layer is a separate file inside the archive, OpenStreetMap tags are kept as feature attributes.
File size
The expected size of the Shapefile file for Kirinyaga County is about 8.2 MB; the exact size depends on the chosen layers and area.
Coordinate systems
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326), selectable in the wizard
Units
Meters (projected in the chosen coordinate system)
| Category | GIS |
| File extension | .shp |
| Tier | Open Beta |
What's in the Shapefile map of Kirinyaga County
27,904 buildings (219 residential, 10 industrial, 2 religious), 4,272.2 km of roads, 93 points of interest, 10 landmarks.
The area covers 1,475 km², with about 19 buildings per km².
Mostly residential streets 3,060.6 km, unclassified roads 896.9 km, tertiary roads 139.3 km.
59.4% of the area is green space.
The map marks 6 water bodies.
Key amenities: schools — 14, hospitals — 1, pharmacies — 1.
Public transport: 1 rail stations.
Shapefile with 27,904 buildings and 4,272.2 km of roads. Open in ArcGIS, QGIS, or any GIS software.
Main streets: Kerugoya - Baricho Road, Embu-Nairobi Highway, Kianyaga - Kiamutugu Road, Kagumo - Mutitu Road, Kĩahiti Route
Landmarks: Africana Curio Shop, ACK karuangi, Karuangi Catholic church, Old KFS Camp, ACK faith church kirimunge
How to use Shapefile for Kirinyaga County
- Select the Kirinyaga County map area on the main page
- Choose Shapefile format and configure export settings
- Click Export and wait for processing
- Download the file and use in your application
FAQ: Shapefile for Kirinyaga County
Why does Shapefile consist of multiple files?
Shapefile is a set of .shp, .shx, .dbf, and .prj files. We package them into a ZIP archive for convenient downloading.
